metabolic alkalosis
- noun
- /ˌmɛtəˈbɑlɪk ˌæl.kəˈloʊ.sɪs/
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alcalosis metabólica
- Patients with metabolic alkalosis often experience muscle cramps and weakness due to an imbalance in electrolytes.
Examples
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Especially delve into metabolic alkalosis to see where Young's treatments with bicarbonates can cause this disorder.
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Severe vomiting can lead to metabolic alkalosis, causing the body's pH level to rise significantly.
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Excessive use of antacids can result in metabolic alkalosis, as they increase the body's alkaline levels.
Synonyms
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A condition when the blood has too little acid
A medical condition when the blood has too little acid
How Acidic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'metabolic' (relating to metabolism) + 'alkalosis' (a condition of elevated alkalinity), so the meaning ‘alkalosis caused by metabolic processes’ is directly derivable from the constituents. This follows regular medical adjective+noun compounding (and has close equivalents in other languages), so a learner who already knows both words would understand the term.
Etymology
Metabolic alkalosis comes from two parts: metabolic (about the body's chemical processes) and alkalosis (from the word 'alkali', meaning a 'base' or the opposite of acid). So it describes when the body's chemistry becomes 'too basic' or loses acid, which is why the term means the body's fluids have a 'high pH'.